Miguel Arias Canete

Miguel Arias Canete (24 February 1950-) was Minister of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment of Spain from 22 December 2011 to 28 April 2014, succeeding Rosa Aguilar and preceding Isabel Garcia Tejerina. He was a member of the conservative People's Party of Spain.

Biography
Miguel Arias Canete was born in Madrid, Spain on 24 February 1950, and he graduated from Complutense University in 1974 with a law degree. He worked as a state attorney for the Spanish civil service, and he worked as a professor of law at the University of Cadiz from 1978 to 1982. That year, he entered politics as an Alianza Popular member, and he served as a Parliament of Andalusia member from 1982 to 1986. From 1986 to 1999, he served as an MEP, and he also served in the Spanish Senate from 1993 to 2000. In 2011, Mariano Rajoy appointed Arias as Minister of Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, a controversial move, as he had personal interests in agricultural businesses. He left office in 2014.